FCT police has given two weeks to motorists
with factory-fitted tints to remove them or face prosecution.
with factory-fitted tints to remove them or face prosecution.
The FCT commissioner of police Femi Ogunbayode
said “except with the permission of the appropriate authority which is the
Inspector General of police who is designated for the purposes of this Act and
for such good cause as may be determined from time to time by the appropriate
authority; the permission is granted in two circumstances-on medical ground
(those with sight problems) and for security reasons. No person shall cause any
glass fitted on a motor vehicle to be tinted, shaded, coloured lightly or
thickly, darkened or treated in any way,” he said.
said “except with the permission of the appropriate authority which is the
Inspector General of police who is designated for the purposes of this Act and
for such good cause as may be determined from time to time by the appropriate
authority; the permission is granted in two circumstances-on medical ground
(those with sight problems) and for security reasons. No person shall cause any
glass fitted on a motor vehicle to be tinted, shaded, coloured lightly or
thickly, darkened or treated in any way,” he said.
“It shall be the duty of the buyer, done or
importer of a motor vehicle with tinted, shaded, coloured, darkened or treated
glass to change all the glass within a period of 14 days from the date of
arrival in Nigeria or date of purchase (whichever is applicable in each
circumstance),” the CP said.
importer of a motor vehicle with tinted, shaded, coloured, darkened or treated
glass to change all the glass within a period of 14 days from the date of
arrival in Nigeria or date of purchase (whichever is applicable in each
circumstance),” the CP said.
He said violators are liable to a fine of
N2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such
fine and imprisonment.
N2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such
fine and imprisonment.
